{"id":725382,"date":"2023-10-18T09:57:07","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T07:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=725382"},"modified":"2023-10-31T14:18:36","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T12:18:36","slug":"this-is-the-company-that-the-most-south-africans-want-to-work-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/725382\/this-is-the-company-that-the-most-south-africans-want-to-work-for\/","title":{"rendered":"This is the company that the most South Africans want to work for"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Capitec is the most searched employer in South Africa, with thousands of South Africans looking for opportunities at the bank every month. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is according to <a href=\"https:\/\/switchonbusiness.com\/company-every-country-wants-to-work-for\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Switch on Business<\/a>, which analysed Google search volume data for employment opportunities at different companies in every country using the Ahrefs Keyword Explorer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The companies in each country are then ranked on the number of monthly Google searches plus the keyword &#8220;careers.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the research, <strong>Capitec is the most searched employer in South Africa, with 25,000 monthly career searchers. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For context, Capitec only has 15,451 employees, meaning that more South Africans are looking for jobs at Capitec every month than actually working there. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-businesstech wp-block-embed-businesstech\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Bvhyz4ZXN7\"><a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/banking\/718872\/battle-of-the-banks-2023-capitec-vs-standard-bank-vs-fnb-vs-absa-vs-nedbank\/\">Battle of the banks 2023: Capitec vs Standard Bank vs FNB vs Absa vs Nedbank<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Battle of the banks 2023: Capitec vs Standard Bank vs FNB vs Absa vs Nedbank&#8221; &#8212; BusinessTech\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/banking\/718872\/battle-of-the-banks-2023-capitec-vs-standard-bank-vs-fnb-vs-absa-vs-nedbank\/embed\/#?secret=J3JDw2fc5B#?secret=Bvhyz4ZXN7\" data-secret=\"Bvhyz4ZXN7\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Capitec is not the only South African-based company on the list. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sasol (600 searches) is the most searched employer in Mozambique, whilst Standard Lesotho Bank (50 searches) &#8211; a subsidiary of Standard Bank &#8211; was the most searched in Lesotho.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Across Africa, the United Nations or one of its agencies &#8211; UNHCR, Unicef, or the World Food Programme \u2013 were named the most desirable workplace in 13 countries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Africa is a key point of focus for the UN, which attempts to work closely with locals in order to &#8216;help Africa help itself.&#8217; In fact, of&nbsp;125,436 global employees, 44,276 (35.3%) of UN\u2019s staff work in Africa,&#8221; Switch on Business said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking overseas, retail giant Walmart was the most searched company in the USA, with 590,000 Americans looking for a job every month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Food retailers Tesco (43,000 searches) and Coles (24,000 searches) were named the most searched companies in the UK and Australia, respectively. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>India&#8217;s SBI Bank had the second most monthly searches on the list, with 105,000 searches per month. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although Switch on Business only uses the top-ranked company from each country, it is still interesting to note that Capitec is the 6th most searched company in the world as per the research:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Country<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Top Company<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Company Industry<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Monthly Google Search Volume<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>USA<\/td><td>Walmart<\/td><td>Retail<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">590,000<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>India<\/td><td>SBI Bank <\/td><td>Finance <\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">105,000<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>UAE<\/td><td>Emirates<\/td><td>Transport<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">51,000<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>UK<\/td><td>Tesco<\/td><td>Retail<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">43,000<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Philippines<\/td><td>Civil Service Commission<\/td><td>Government<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">31,000<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>South Africa<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Capitec<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Finance <\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>25,000<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Australia<\/td><td>Coles<\/td><td>Retail<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">24,000<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Canada<\/td><td>RBC<\/td><td>Finance <\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">20,000<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Qatar<\/td><td>Qatar Airways<\/td><td>Transport<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">17,000<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Kenya<\/td><td>KRA<\/td><td>Government<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">15,000<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Switch-On-Business-Company-List-.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1013\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Switch-On-Business-Company-List--1024x1013.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-725384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Switch-On-Business-Company-List--1024x1013.png 1024w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Switch-On-Business-Company-List--300x297.png 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Switch-On-Business-Company-List--768x760.png 768w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Switch-On-Business-Company-List--1536x1520.png 1536w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Switch-On-Business-Company-List--2048x2027.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/mobile\/721638\/capitecs-big-plans-for-mobile-while-adding-120000-new-sims-a-month\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Capitec\u2019s big plans for mobile \u2013 while adding 120,000 new SIMs a month<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Africans most want to work for one of the nation&#8217;s biggest banks. 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